Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Livewell Southwest; West Alvington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Livewell Southwest is seeking a mental health practitioner to join the Asylum Seeker & Refugee Mental Health Team. The role involves managing a caseload of asylum seekers and refugees with complex needs within a MDT framework.

You will liaise with other health services to ensure fair access to care and provide professional education and leadership to staff and students, contributing to service development in line with client needs.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse (RMN) or Allied Health professional with relevant registration.
• Degree/diploma in Occupational Therapy or Social Care.
• ENB 811/812 or Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) qualification or senior management experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide a service to asylum seekers and refugees with complex mental health needs.
• Participate in line management, appraisal, supervision, teaching, and recruitment tasks.
• Coordinate complex treatment packages including medication administration where appropriate.
• Conduct comprehensive healthcare assessments and risk assessments for recovery-focused care.
• Liaise with other health services to ensure fair access to statutory and non-statutory care.

Skills

Leadership

Teamwork

Communication

Education

RMN or Dip HE

Occupational Therapy degree

Social Care degree

ENB 811/812 or CPN or senior management experience

Job description

Thisis an exciting opportunity for a mental health practitioner to join the AsylumSeeker & Refugee Mental Health Team, working as part of a MDT in aspecialist service. Secondments opportunities will be considered. The Asylum Seeker and RefugeeMental Health Team are a specialist team who have the experience, knowledge andexpertise to work with the above issues. Alongside trained Clinicians there arevolunteers some of whom have been service users and have experienced the asylumprocess. This enables the team to deliver culturally sensitive health care thatis relevant to the clients that the team is supporting. The team offers aholistic approach towards care in line with Freedom from Torturerecommendations who state that Treating a torture victim requires a holisticapproach that responds to their physical, emotional and practical needs.

All Livewell Southwest staff are expected to able and willing to work across a 7 day service.

Main duties of the job

Thepost holder will be responsible for providing a service to asylum seekers andrefugees with complex mental health needs and related issues.

Toliaise with colleagues in other health services to ensure fair access to otherstatutory and non-statutory health providers.To manage a caseload of asylum seekers and refugees with complex needsusing evidence based/patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement andevaluate interventions. To beresponsible for implementing interventions, individually or as a group. This may include developing additional,specialist intervention skills and developing opportunities in line withpatients needs. To provide professionalguidance, for staff and students as appropriate. To have a sound working knowledge of, and beable to implement evidence based practice within this service area. To bepro-active in supporting service developments in keeping with the changingneeds of the client group and the overall multi-professional and organisationaims. To act as service representativein ASR related forums and meetings. To provide specialist education andtraining in order to disperse knowledge.

Please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility

Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted.

About us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning socialenterprise delivering integrated health and social care services acrossPlymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts ofDevon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sportscentres, and health hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values,kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, andcollaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability, whileempowering staff and those we serve.

We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, inshaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the righttime and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people leadhealthy, independent lives.

We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, trainingpathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the CareCertificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorshipprograms ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from allsections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mentalhealth, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during theapplication process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for providing a service to asylum seekers and refugees with complex mental health needs and related issues.

To participate in line management, appraisal, supervision, teaching, recruitment and day-to-day management tasks in relation to your role within team.

To provide and coordinate complex packages of treatment which may include the administration of medicines.

To provide a comprehensive healthcare assessment including risk assessment and be responsible for providing and coordinating a recovery orientated package of care alongside other key services and professional stakeholders.

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To liaise with colleagues in other health services to ensure fair access to other statutory and non-statutory health providers.

To manage a caseload of asylum seekers and refugees with complex needs using evidence based/patient centered principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

To be responsible for implementing interventions, individually or as a group. This may include developing additional specialist intervention skills and developing opportunities in line with patients needs.

To provide professional guidance for staff and students as appropriate. To have a sound working knowledge of and be able to implement evidence-based practice within this service area.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

1.Registered Nurse, OT or Social Worker

2.Previous experience within a comparable community service or setting.

3.Flexible working with an ability to use own initiative as well as to be a team player.

4.Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the principles and knowledge base underpinning Early Intervention Services, and other mental health provision including inpatient services.

5.Evidence of continued professional development.

6.Effective and well-developed leadership and case management skills.

7.Sound working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 and other Mental Health Legislation

8.Proven ability to lead, motivate and supervise others within a team, demonstrating the highest clinical standards.

9.Proven interpersonal, communication and supervision skills.

10.Proven creativity in changing service delivery to meet the needs of the user and the ongoing development of the service.

-Specialist knowledge of Early Intervention Services and a range of other mental health service provision.

12.Ability to visit clients in their own homes and to attend meetings in a variety of outreach community settings.

13.A demonstrable knowledge of the principles and application of Motivation, Recovery, Social Inclusion and Whole Life systems Theory.

14.Knowledge of the Public Health agenda within substance misuse provision and the recovery orientated systems model.

15.Knowledge and understanding of adult and childrens safeguarding.

16.Knowledge of Complex needs as defined within MEAM and comorbidities and best practice models with this client group.

KEY RESULT AREAS

1.To effectively manage a caseload of complex individuals

2.To ensure you receive and provide appropriate line management and clinical supervision, in line with Livewell policies and procedures.

3. Ensure all obligations of the Mental Health Act and the Code of Practice are fulfilled and other mental health legislation and care planning is complied with in accordance with care co-ordination guidelines.

4.Improve and maintain working relationships with GPs, other professionals and outside agencies working collaboratively to ensure effective referral, assessment, treatment and when appropriate discharge.

5.To provide clinical advice, education, support and training to team colleagues, Inpatient units, Community Mental Health Teams, Primary Care Teams, other professionals and services provided by LIVEWELL SW.

To advise the Manager of any operational issues, which require resolution?

6.To maintain safe and acceptable standards of practice in accordance with policies, professional guidelines and relevant procedures.

7.To keep professionally updated with ongoing developments in asylum seeker care services through evidence-based approaches to delivering high quality services by evaluating, updating, initiating and/or participating in training, audit, research and service planning.

8.Promote and sustain good interpersonal relationships with users, carers and families, members of the multi-disciplinary team, other professionals, voluntary agencies, independent sectors and the general public.

9.To contribute to clinical governance as applicable to the team and actively participate in ensuring that the service is user-focused, flexible and evolutionary.

10.To develop links with other similar services, housing and agencies providing services for young people.

11.To effectively care coordinate and have safe systems of work at the heart of practice.

12.To have the ability to work autonomously and lone work within policy and procedure.

13.To provide leadership and coordination in the absence of the band 7 Team manager, and cover for other team members in their absence.

COMMUNICATIONS & WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Use trauma Informed and trauma sensitive style of communication in all written and verbal communications.

Communication is via line management.

Good working relationships need to be achieved with

DCRS

LIVEWELL SW teams and staff, including mental health and learning disability teams

LIVEWELL SW Directorates of Professional Practice and Contracting and Finance

Social Services

Local Education Authority

Other non-statutory providers of health and social care

General Practitioners and practice staff.

Clinical staff in acute trusts

Users, families and carers

Police and Probation

Housing services

To be an ambassador at local and national events where required.

MOST CHALLENGING PART OF YOUR ROLE

To assist in changing the culture with regard to how statutory mental health services have traditionally been delivered and allow users to gain access to the service which is delivered in the least restrictive way and in a style that engages people on their own terms.

To contribute to the development of a service that is ambitious, ever changing, innovative and aspiration which impacts beyond ones own team and service promoting excellence.

To work with ambiguity and uncertainty in respect of the interpretation of policy and how this is applied to ones own clinical practice.

To be an active and dynamic member of the asylum seekers team, whilst ensuring that best clinical practice is adhered to.

Maintaining contact with the employing organisation whilst working within a voluntary sector service and team.

Making recovery visible in all aspects of service delivery.

Foster a culture of optimism and belief in recovery when interacting with service users, parents, carers and other staff/ organisations.

Please see attached Job description for full JD.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RMN or Dip HE Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy


• Degree/Diploma in Social Care


• ENB 811/812 OR CPN Degree OR significant experience at a senior level which includes managerial experience, staff supervision and operational